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[Data based on a sample. For information on confidentiality protection, sampling error, nonsampling error, and definitions, see text]

Subject

Number

Percent

Subject

Number

Percent

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH

Population 3 years and over

Total poplulation

133,166

100.0

enrolled in school

43,624

100.0

Native

130,018

97.6

Nursery school, preschool

2,073

4.8

Born in United States

129,513

97.3

Kindergarten

1,784

4.1

State of residence

110,682

83.1

Elementary school (grades 1-8)

15,557

35.7

Different state

18,831

14.1

High school (grades 9-12)

8,895

20.4

Born outside United States

505

0.4

College or graduate school

15,315

35.1

Foreign born

3,148

2.4

Entered 1990 to March 2000

1,846

1.4

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

Naturalized citizen

1,147

0.9

Population 25 years and over

77,519

100.0

Not a citizen

2,001

1.5

Less than 9th grade

5,775

7.4

9th to 12th grade, no diploma

4,891

6.3

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN

High school graduate (includes equivalency)

25,874

33.4

Total (excluding born at sea)

3,148

100.0

Some college, no degree

18,455

23.8

Europe

526

16.7

Associate degree

5,488

7.1

Asia

1,653

52.5

Bachelor's degree

11,565

14.9

Africa

136

4.3

Graduate or professional degree

5,471

7.1

Oceania

19

0.6

Latin America

709

22.5

Percent high school graduate or higher

86.2

(X)

Northern America

105

3.3

Percent bachelor's degree or higher

22.0

(X)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME

MARITAL STATUS

Population 5 years and over

124,571

100.0

Population 15 years and over

105,523

100.0

English only

116,753

93.7

Never married

36,572

34.7

Language other than English

7,818

6.3

Now married, except separated

56,629

53.7

Speak English less than '"very well"'

2,638

2.1

Separated

706

0.7

Spanish

2,241

1.8

Widowed

4,900

4.6

Speak English less than '"very well"'

938

0.8

Female

4,104

3.9

Other Indo-European languages

3,959

3.2

Divorced

6,716

6.4

Speak English less than '"very well"'

853

0.7

Female

3,492

3.3

Asian and Pacific Island languages

1,352

1.1

Speak English less than '"very well"'

765

0.6

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS

Grandparent living in household

ANCESTRY (single and multiple)

with one or more own grandchildren

Total population

133,166

100.0

under 18 years

730

100.0

Total ancestries reported

160,680

120.7

Grandparent responsible for grandchildren

262

35.9

Arab

244

0.2

Czech¹

1,893

1.4

VETERAN STATUS

Danish

1,372

1.0

Civilian population 18 years and over

98,856

100.0

Dutch

2,002

1.5

Civilian veterans

12,090

12.2

English

4,647

3.5

French (except Basque)¹

4,825

3.6

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN

French Canadian¹

1,029

0.8

NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION

German

77,098

57.9

Population 5 to 20 years

35,825

100.0

Greek

215

0.2

With a disability

2,426

6.8

Hungarian

248

0.2

Population 21 to 64 years

73,646

100.0

Irish¹

11,572

8.7

With a disability

8,953

12.2

Italian

1,870

1.4

Percent employed

68.4

(X)

Lithuanian

59

0.0

No disability

64,693

87.8

Norwegian

15,583

11.7

Percent employed

84.9

(X)

Polish

10,599

8.0

Population 65 years and over

13,949

100.0

Portuguese

72

0.1

With a disability

5,361

38.4

Russian

467

0.4

Scotch-Irish

841

0.6

Scottish

1,066

0.8

RESIDENCE IN 1995

Slovak

214

0.2

Population 5 years and over

124,571

100.0

Subsaharan African

210

0.2

Same house in 1995

71,138

57.1

Swedish

7,280

5.5

Different house in the U.S. in 1995

52,030

41.8

Swiss

489

0.4

Same county

24,516

19.7

Ukrainian

113

0.1

Different county

27,514

22.1

United States or American

4,408

3.3

Same state

20,986

16.8

Welsh

337

0.3

Different state

6,528

5.2

West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)

35

0.0

Elsewhere in 1995

1,403

1.1

Other ancestries

11,892

8.9

Date: July 7, 2006

-Represent zero or rounds to zero. (X) Not applicable.

¹ The data represent a combination of two ancestries shown separately in Summary File 3. Czech includes Czechoslovakian. French includes Alsatian. French Canadian includes Acadian/Cajun. Irish includes Celtic.